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NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog’s response to the statement of Shri K C Rao, CM Telangana
NITI Aayog was set up as an Institution with the mandate of cooperative federalism with a premise that strong states make a strong nation. A number of measures have already been put in place to work closely with states. In the last year alone more than 30 meetings have been held with the Chief Ministers of States by the Vice Chairman/ Members of NITI Aayog. These meetings have resolved a number of issues pertaining to the states with various Central Ministries and paved way for greater collaboration between NITI Aayog and States. A delegation led by Vice Chairman NITI Aayog met the Telangana Chief Minister in Hyderabad on 21st January 2021 to discuss development issues pertaining to the State. More recently, despite requests made by NITI Aayog for a meeting, the Chief Minister did not respond.
Government of India through all the Ministries as well as office of Prime Minister, been interacting with States/ UTs on all issues of national importance. Specifically, in preparation for the August 7, 2022 Governing Council meeting, detailed consultations between Centre and States, including Telangana, were held resulting in the first National Chief Secretaries Conference held in Dharamshala in June 2022. The Conference was a culmination of a six- month long deliberations wherein all States/ UTs including Chief Secretary of Telangana participated. The allegation of Hon’ble CM Telangana that states were not co-opted in preparation of agenda is incorrect.
With reference to in the Water sector, over the last 4 years, Government of India allocated Rs.3982 core under the Jal Jeevan Mission for the State of Telangana. However, the state chose to draw only Rs. 200 crore. In addition, Rs 1195 crores were released to Telangana under PMKSY-AIBP-CADWM during 2014-2015 to 2021-2022.
Government of India has been consistently supporting states in financial matters including for flagship schemes/ programmes of national importance. Overall allocation under Centrally Sponsored Schemes have increased from Rs. 2,03,740 crores in 2015-16 to Rs. 4,42,781 crores in 2022-23, i.e. more than double during this period, in addition to the substantial hike in awards under the Fourteenth Finance Commission from 32% to 42%. Enough flexibility has also been built in for utilization of funds allocated under CSS.
It is unfortunate that the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Telangana has chosen not to participate in the Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog to be held on 7th August. The Governing Council is a forum where the highest political leadership in the country at Centre and State levels deliberate on key development-related issues and agree on appropriate outcome oriented solutions for national development.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Over 684 tons of essential and medical cargo delivered across the country under Lifeline Udan during Covid-19 lockdown
‘Lifeline Udan’ flights are being operated by MoCA to transport essential medical cargo to remote parts of the country to support India’s war against COVID-19. 383 flights have been operated under Lifeline Udan by Air India, Alliance Air, IAF and private carriers. 223 of these flights have been operated by Air India and Alliance Air. Cargo transported till date is around 684.08 tons. Aerial distance covered by Lifeline Udan flights till date is over 3,76,952km.
Pawan Hans till 25 April 2020 have carried 1.99 tons of cargo covering a distance of 6,885kms. Helicopter services including Pawan Hans Ltdhave been operating in J&K, Ladakh, Islands and North East region transporting critical medical cargo and patients. Special focus has been on the North East Region, island territories and the hill states.
Air India and IAF collaborated primarily for J&K, Ladakh, North-East and other island regions.
Domestic Cargo Operators SpiceJet, Blue Dart and Indigo are operating cargo flights on a commercial basis. Spicejet operated 579 cargo flights during 24 March to 25 April 2020 covering a distance of 10,12,586 km and carrying 4246 tons of cargo. Out of these,208 were international cargo flights. Blue Dart operated 207 cargo flights covering a distance of 2,19,978 km and carrying 3,399tons of cargo during 25 March to 25 April 2020. Out of these, 9 were international cargo flights. Indigo has operated 48 cargo flights during 3-25 April 2020 covering a distance of 72,222 km and carrying around 167tons of cargo and including 15 international flights. This also includes medical supplies carried free of cost for the government. Vistara has operated 12 cargo flights during 19-25 April 2020 covering a distance of 16,952 km and carrying around 82tons of cargo.
In international sector, a cargo air-bridge was established with East Asia for transportation of pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and Covid-19 relief material. The quantity of medical cargo brought in by Air India is 554 tons till 25th April 2020.
In addition to the above, Blue Dart has uplifted around 90 tons of medical supplies from Guangzhou starting 14 April upto 25 April 2020. Blue Dart has also uplifted 5 tons of medical cargo from Shanghai on 25 April 2020. Spicejet has also uplifted 124 tons of medical supplies from Shanghai upto 25 April 2020 and 13 tons medical supplies from Hong Kong and Singapore upto 25 April 2020.
PIB Headquarters
“NATIONAL LEVEL DHAI AKHAR LETTER WRITINGCAMPAIGN FOR 2019-20”
Dhai Akhar National Letter Writing Campaign for the year 2018-19 eliciting more than 9 lakh entries from across the country and 1,06,872 entries in Telangana Circle was a great success and Telangana Circle stood 2nd in the country.
This year also, the Department is organizing the Dhai Akhar Letter Writing Campaign at National Level including the Indian Diaspora. The theme of the letter writing campaign is “Dear Bapu, you are immortal / प्रिय बापू, आप अमर हैं....”.
The participant of Dhai Akhar Letter Writing Campaign can post their hand written letters in English/Hindi/Local language addressed to the Chief Postmaster General, Telangana Circle, Hyderabad -500001 along with their Name, DOB, completed age, mobile number and address with pincode so as to enable to reach on or before 31.01.2020. Letters posted after 31.01.2020 will not be accepted.
The letter can be written on plain A-4 size paper should not be more than 1000 words or in Inland Letter Cards  where it should not be more than 500 words.
The letters have to be posted in a special letter box at Post Offices in the clearly marked letter box for “Letter writing campaign” in Dist head quarters and larger towns/cities, in rural areas letters to be posted in Branch Post Offices.
This competition is open to all and includes all age groups. The categories of the Campaign are Inland Letter Card Category and Envelope Category for each age groups i.e. Upto 18 years age and Above 18 years age . The best 3 entries in each category in the State/Circle & National level will be selected. In the state the best 3 entries in each category will be selected by 29.02.2020 and National level by 31.03.2020. The Prizes will be distributed under two categories of age groups i.e. upto 18 years of age and above 18 years of age for both Envelope and Inland Letter categories. The details of prizes are as under:
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State level
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First prize in each category
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The details are available in the website https://telanganapostalcircle.in.
PIB Headquarters
Career Coaching for SC/ST Job Seekers
National Career Service Centre for SC/ST,  Chennai, a subordinate office of Directorate General of Employment, Ministry of Labour & Employment Government of India, is imparting fee coaching to educated Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe job seekers in General English, General Awareness, Typing & shorthand under the Special Coaching Scheme  and for imparting One Year O Level Computer Software Training . Interested candidates may send their applications.
Under Free and stipendiary special coaching Scheme for SC/STs, with a coaching duration of 11 months, candidates will be paid a stipend of Rs 500 per month. Candidates should have completed 10+2 or equivalent. They should be less than 27 years of age and there is no course fee for the candidates.
Under the ‘O’ level one year computer training  the training is of one year and the candidates will be paid a stipend of Rs 500 per month. The candidates should have a minimum educational qualification of 10+2 or its equivalent. They should be from 18-30 years. There is no course fee for the candidates.
Applications for the course will be issued from 2nd May 2017. Last date of receiving the application will be 12-06-2017.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding  between India and Bangladesh on cooperation in the field of Disaster Management, Resilience and Mitigation
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, was apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding  signed on March, 2021 between the National Disaster Management Authority , Ministry of Home Affairs, the Republic of India and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, People’s Republic of Bangladesh on Cooperation in the field of Disaster Management, Resilience and Mitigation.
Benefits:
The MoU seeks to put in place a system, whereby both India and Bangladesh will be benefited from the Disaster Management mechanisms of each other and it will help in strengthening the areas of preparedness, response and capacity building in the field of Disaster Management.
Salient features of the MoU :
- Extend mutual support on the request of either Parties at the time of large scale disaster  occurring within their respective territories, in the field of relief, response, reconstruction and recovery.
- Exchange relevant information, remote sensing data and other scientific data and share experience/best practices of disaster response, recovery, mitigation, capacity building for ensuring resilience, etc.
- Extend cooperation in the field of advanced information technology, early warning systems, remote sensing & navigation services and expertise for disaster preparedness, response and mitigation and more towards real time data sharing.
- Support training of officials in the field of Disaster management.
- Conduct Joint Disaster Management Exercises bilaterally between both the countries.
- Share standards, latest technologies and tools for creating Disaster Resilient Communities.
- Exchange publications and materials as textbooks, guidelines in the field of Disaster Management and may conduct joint research activities in the field of Disaster management, Risk Reduction and Recovery.
NITI Aayog
3rd DRC-NITI Aayog Dialogue
The 3rd edition of the Dialogue between the NITI Aayog and the Development Research Council of China, the DRC- NITI Aayog Dialogue was held in Beijing today. The meeting was co-chaired by Vice Chairman NITI Aayog, Dr. Rajiv Kumar, and Mr Li Wei, President , DRC.
The Indian delegation led by Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog included senior officials from NITI Aayog as well as Ministries of New & Renewable Energy and Food Processing. The Chinese delegation comprised of researchers and officials from DRC as well as the Chinese Ministries of Finance, Commerce, Foreign Affairs, and the National Development & Reform Commission.
The DRC-NITI Dialogue provides an important platform for both sides to discuss key macro- economic issues impacting both countries and areas of mutual interest. The 3rd Dialogue enabled an in-depth interaction between the two delegations on the world economic prospects, India-China economic cooperation and practices for sustainable growth. In the context of global uncertainty and weak global growth, it was noted that as two large and rapidly growing developing countries, both India and China have a major stake in the path that the global economy is likely to take in coming years.
Both sides exchanged views on policies and measures to address the challenges for attaining sustainable growth. In-depth discussions were held on sharing of experiences and best practices in the areas of Electric mobility, Clean energy, Higher education and Special Economic Zones .
Both sides agreed upon the need to strengthen bilateral cooperation in trade and investment. The importance of pursuing balanced and sustainable bilateral trade was noted and opportunities for promoting Chinese investments in the Indian economy were highlighted.
The two sides agreed that the 4th NITI Aayog - DRC Dialogue will be convened in India in 2018.
The dialogue took place under the MOU between NITI Aayog and the Development Research Centre , State Council of the China. The MoU was signed during the visit of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to China in May 2015. This was the 3rd Dialogue between the two sides. The 2nd Dialogue was held in New Delhi in November, 2016.
On the sidelines of the Dialogue, the Vice Chairman NITI Aayog called-on Chinese Vice Premier Mr. Zhang Gaoli. A site visit to Tianjin has been organized tomorrow on 6th December for the Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog. He will also participate in a seminar on ‘Investment Opportunities in India’ being co-organized on December 6, 2017 by the Embassy of India, DRC and Chinese Council for the Promotion of International Trade .
PIB Headquarters
Gold and Cigarettes worth Rs. 19.3 lakhs seized by Customs at Chennai Airport
On Sunday one Musthafa, 37, of Thanjavur and Sikkander, 45, of Chennai, who arrived from Dubai by Emirates flight EK 542 were intercepted at exit. On personal search of Mustafa 3 crude gold chains weighing 348 grams valued at Rs. 14.6 lakhs were recovered from his trouser pocket and seized Customs Act 1962.
On examination of checked in bag of Sikkander, 45, 98 cartons of Gudang garam cigarettes  valued Rs. 4.70 lakhs were found concealed among his personal effects. Same recovered and seized under Customs Act and COTPA 2003.
Further investigation is under process, according to a press release issue by the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai International Airport.
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Ministry of Defence
IAF PREPARATION FOR CYCLONE TAUKTAE CONTINUES
Continuing with the preparation for Cyclone Tauktae, the IAF on Sunday 16 May 21, had deployed 2 C-130J and 1 An-32 aircraft for transportation of 167 personnel and 16.5 tonnes of load of NDRF from Kolkata to Ahmedabad. The An-32 is enroute to Ahmedabad as of now.
Another C-130J and 2 An-32 aircraft carried 121 NDRF personnel and 11.6 tonnes of load from Vijayawada to Ahmedabad for the same purpose.
Also, 2 C-130J aircraft transported 110 personnel and 15 tonnes of cargo for NDRF from Pune to Ahmedabad.
Ministry of Tourism
International Day of Yoga 2022 Celebration at Eastern India by Government of India Ministries and Departments
Government of India is celebrating International Day of Yoga on 21.06.2022 at 75 Iconic Locations which are Tourism Hotspots too
Kolkata: June 20, 2022
International Day of Yoga  will be celebrated at nine iconic places in Eastern Region.
The nine iconic locations in Eastern Region are as follows:
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Belur Math, West Bengal, where Dr. Subhas Sarkar, MoS  will participate in the event.
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Mountain Railways of India  Batasia Loop, Darjeeling, West Bengal, where Smt. Darshana Jardosh, Minister of State for Railways will participate in the event.
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Maa Kishakeshwari Temple Site, Mayurbhanj, Odisha where Shri Bisweshwar Tudu, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs and Jal Shakti will participate in the event
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Puri Beach, Odisha where Shri Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister of Heavy Industries will participate in the event.
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Sun Temple, Konark, Odisha where Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, will participate in the event.
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Khunti, Jharkhand where Shri Arjun Munda, Minister for Tribal Affairs will participate in the event.
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Nalanda Mahavihara , Bihar where Shri R. K. Singh, Minister of Power & Renewable Energy, will participate in the event.
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Mahabodhi Temple, Bihar where Shri Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, Minister of Steel will participate in the event.
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Cellular Jail , Andaman & Nicobar Islands where Smt. Smriti Irani, Minister of Women & Child Development will participate in the event.
Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, and all the Eastern region Offices of Ministry of Tourism are collaborating with the above said nodal Ministries to make the event a grand success.
"Government of India is celebrating International Day of Yoga at 75 Iconic Locations across India to mark the positive effect of Yoga on Humanity, for physical and mental well-being of human beings. Prime Minister will participate in a Mass Yoga Demonstration at Mysore Palace ground, on the occasion of 8th International Day of Yoga.
Ministry of Tourism, Government of India is participating with a lot of gusto and enthusiasm in the locations of Belur Math  and Darjeeling Himalayan Railways  with Ministry of Education & Ministry of Railways respectively. More than 20 crores people are expected to participate in tomorrow’s International Day of Yoga Celebration across the nation and that would essentially boost the tourism potentials of India. We wish everyone a happy and healthy life on this special occasion and hope the love for Yoga at Indian destinations would grow many fold post this extraordinary celebration." said Dr. Sagnik Chowdhury, Regional Director East and Deputy Director General, Ministry of Tourism.
President's Secretariat
President of India Pays Floral Tributes to Giani Zail Singh on his Birth Anniversary
The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu paid floral tributes to Giani Zail Singh, former President of India on his birth anniversary at Rairangpur, Odisha today .
Ministry of Defence
Defence Secretary meets UK Delegation
Defence Secretary Shri Giridhar Aramane had a bilateral meeting with UK Minister of State for Defence Procurement Mr Alex Chalk. The meeting was conducted on the side-lines of the Aero India 2023 which was inaugurated by Hon'ble Prime Minister on 13 February 2023.
A number of ongoing and future defence cooperation issues were discussed including areas for potential defence industrial cooperation. The UK Minister was accompanied by British High Commissioner to India Mr Alex Ellis.
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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
International Day of Forests celebrated at National Zoological Park
National Zoological Park, New Delhi  celebrated International Day of Forests, today. The theme for this year’s International Forest Day, “Forests and Health”, highlights the ecosystem services provided by forests like purification of water and air, carbon capture to fight climate change, and supply of life-saving medicines.
Marking the importance of International Day of Forests, a plantation drive was conducted wherein all the staff members of the National Zoological Park planted saplings. A doodle art activity and an awareness session on Mission LiFE was conducted for the visitors at the Education Centre of National Zoological Park.
This event was conducted to create awareness among the participants about the importance of sustainable management of forest resources for combating climate change. The responsibility of every person to use the natural resources mindfully and conserve the environment for the future generations was emphasized.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Women trained under pmkvy
Under skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is delivering skills to the youth across the country through its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana . During last 5 years i.e 2017 to 2022, a total 547215 candidates have been trained under the PMKVY in the State of Haryana. Out of this, 189806  are women candidates. A total, 31538 candidates have been trained in the Karnal Parliamentary Constituency during 2017 to 2022, out of this 14366  are women candidates.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh says, NIDAN Kendras established at five Government hospitals in four states for treating genetic disorders
Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the Department of Biotechnology started the Unique Methods for Management of Inherited Disorders  initiative to address the burden of genetic disorders in the country. One of the components of the UMMID initiative is establishing NIDAN Kendra  for providing clinical care broadly encompassing the activities of prenatal testing for genetic disorders, new-born screening for relatively common treatable genetic metabolic disorders, and genetic counselling of pregnant mothers carrying fetuses with high risk of genetic disorders.
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today, Dr Jitendra Singh said, in the pilot phase of the UMMID initiative, NIDAN Kendras have been established at five Government hospitals spread in four states of the country. In the next phase of the UMMID initiative, the NIDAN Kendras are being expanded to institutes in different states including Bihar, and these will be in Government Hospitals including AIIMS depending upon capacity.
The Minister also informed that clinician training is one of the components of the UMMID initiative which envisages supporting establishment of training centres for providing training to the clinicians working in Government hospitals in Biochemical Genetics, Cytogenetics, Molecular Genetics, Clinical Genetics and Comprehensive clinical care. At present, six training centres are being supported for providing training to clinicians.
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